Vital Farms (VITL) FCF Margin (2019 - 2026)
Vital Farms (VITL) recorded FCF Margin of -26.54% in Q2 2026, down 22.41 percentage points from -4.13% a year earlier and down 5.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vital Farms (VITL) FCF Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Vital Farms' FCF Margin came in at -16.47% as of Jun 28, 2026, down 16.10 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -6.35%, down 12.32 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has a five-year change of -6.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, FCF Margin came in at 5.97% in FY2024 (-2.38 pp), 8.34% in FY2023 (+13.47 pp), -5.13% in FY2022 (-5.50 pp) and 0.37% in FY2021 (-0.19 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly FCF Margin in data going back to Q3 2019.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.65 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Margin in the last five years was a gain of 23.24 percentage points in Q4 2023, against a drop of 22.41 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -21.00% (Q1 2026), -15.05% (Q4 2025) and -5.33% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 5.48% |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 14.26% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 4.72% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 17.41% |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 15.20% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.82% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.69% |
| 10 | Vital Farms | 415.11 Mn | 214.62 Mn | 10.93 Mn | -26.54% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | -26.54% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | -21.00% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | -15.05% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -5.33% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -4.13% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.32% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -2.04% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 4.41% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.29% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.70% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 3.10% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 10.35% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 3.02% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | -7.54% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -3.09% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | -0.96% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -8.60% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 2.40% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | -13.53% |
API Access
Vital Farms FCF Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "VITL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=VITL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();